Police: Neighbors help Fox Crossing officer attacked by teen

FOX CROSSING - Neighbors came to the aid of an officer who had been punched multiple times by a teenager he was trying to arrest, police said Wednesday.

On Tuesday evening, Fox Crossing officers were called to the 1100 block of Bartlein Court for a verbal disturbance and the officer who arrived first met with a 17-year-old resident of the home. The teen, who said his hands were injured from punching a door, told the officer that he doesn't get along with his mother's friend who also lives at the home.

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The Fox Crossing teen got increasingly agitated and started yelling and swearing, and continued to do so even after the officer told him to stop multiple times. The officer then told him he was going to be arrested for disorderly conduct.

Police said the teen punched the officer several times in the head when the officer approached him and tried to arrest him. The officer got the teen onto the ground and struggled with him to make him stop fighting. The officer also hit his emergency button to summon assistance.

Several neighbors who were outside saw the struggle and helped the officer handcuff the teen, according to police.

Police learned that the teen had been arguing with the other resident over some dogs. She had locked herself in her bedroom but he punched his way through the door, attacked her and strangled her to the point where she thought she would pass out, according to police.

The teenager was was treated for injuries to his hand and booked into the Winnebago County Jail on recommended charges of battery to police, strangulation, battery, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct.

The officer was treated at Thedacare Regional Medical Center-Neenah for multiple injuries to his face and released.